SuperValu Company Profile (NYSE:SVU)

Supervalu Inc. is a wholesale distributor to independent retail customers across the United States. The Company's segments include Wholesale and Retail. The Company offers a range of advertised brand name and private-label products, including grocery (both perishable and nonperishable), general merchandise and home, health and beauty care, and pharmacy, which are sold through Company-operated and licensed Retail stores to shoppers and through its Wholesale segment to independent retail customers. The Company's Wholesale segment provides wholesale distribution of products to independent retail customers. Wholesale is organized and operated through two geographic regions: East and West. As of February 27, 2016, the Company conducted its Retail operations through a total of 200 stores primarily organized under five regionally-based retail banners of Cub Foods, Shoppers Food & Pharmacy, Shop 'n Save, Farm Fresh and Hornbacher's, as well as two Rainbow and two County Market stores.

What is SuperValu's stock symbol?

SuperValu trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SVU."

When did SuperValu's stock split? How did SuperValu's stock split work?

SuperValu shares reverse split before market open on Wednesday, August 2nd 2017. The 1-7 reverse split was announced on Thursday, July 20th 2017. The number of shares owned by shareholders was adjusted after the market closes on Tuesday, August 1st 2017. An investor that had 100 shares of SuperValu stock prior to the reverse split would have 14 shares after the split.

How were SuperValu's earnings last quarter?

SuperValu Inc. (NYSE:SVU) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 25th. The company reported $0.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.70 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $4 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $3.91 billion. SuperValu had a net margin of 4.46% and a return on equity of 220.54%. The company's revenue was up 6.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $1.33 EPS. View SuperValu's Earnings History.

When will SuperValu make its next earnings announcement?

Where is SuperValu's stock going? Where will SuperValu's stock price be in 2017?

6 brokerages have issued 1 year price objectives for SuperValu's stock. Their forecasts range from $24.50 to $42.00. On average, they anticipate SuperValu's share price to reach $33.60 in the next twelve months. View Analyst Ratings for SuperValu.

What are analysts saying about SuperValu stock?

Here are some recent quotes from research analysts about SuperValu stock:

1. According to Zacks Investment Research, "SUPERVALU shares have underperformed in the past three months in comparison to the industry. While the company’s first quarter fiscal 2018 earnings lagged the Zacks Consensus Estimate, sales beat the same. Further, both earnings and revenues increased year-over-year during the quarter, which signals that the company’s efforts to turnaround and improve its businesses is bearing fruits. SUPERVALU is also trying to develop wholesale operations, primarily through adding new customers, retaining and developing business with existing customers and acquisitions. The acquisition of Unified Grocers is expected to boost Supervalu’s wholesale business and complement its customer base. However, sluggish retail business, tough competitive pressure and depleting footfalls at the supermarkets continues to remain headwinds. Estimates are also declining since past 7 days." (8/9/2017)

2. Pivotal Research analysts commented, "We can support a price target of $5.50 excluding any longer-term synergy benefits from Unified. Any sale/leaseback transaction in Wholesale or accretive M&A activity in the Retail segment would result in further upside to our $5.50 price target." (7/26/2017)

Are investors shorting SuperValu?

SuperValu saw a decline in short interest in the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,516,007 shares, a decline of 86.8% from the July 31st total of 19,088,485 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 818,789 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 3.1 days.

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